Wateringbury / Watringbury / Otringeberge / Wotringaberia

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16023WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A26 (Tobridge Rd.), SE of King's Hill, WSW of Maidstone
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Hasted (1798) notes: "This church, which was antiently appendant to the manor of Canons-court, was given in the reign of king Henry II. [i.e., 1154-1189] by Hamo, son of Richard de Watringbury, lord of this parish, to the prior and canons of Leeds [...] It is an antient gothic building [...] repaired at a great expence in 1745"; Hasted does not mention a font. Glynne (1877) describes the font: "octagonal, with plain panelling, upon a shaft of the same form." This font is likely to be from one of the later periods of the original Norman church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 291
  • Hasted, Edward, The History and topographical survey of the County of Kent [...], Canterbury: Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-, vol. 5: 106-118 / [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62892] [accessed 15 February 2010]